Meanings
adjectiveone-for-one (not comparable)
- not comparableSynonym of one-to-one.
The earliest counting systems use one-for-one correspondence. The shepherd may have carried with him a bag of pebbles, one pebble for each of his sheep. At the end of the day, he could match each pebble to each sheep to make sure he had them all.
2014, David Cycleback, A Brief Introduction to Ancient Counting Systems For The Non-Mathematician, page 5Synonyms: one-to-one
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveSynonym of one-to-one.
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